Digital skills and employability training

October 30, 2017 @ 10:00 am - December 7, 2017 @ 1:00 pm

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It’s not all suits – there are so many digital jobs for people like you!

Spend just 6 weeks part-time working on real-life projects to give you the digital & work ready skills to be in demand. You will also walk away with a killer CV and we will introduce you to local employers ready to hire. What’s not to like?

– Introduction to social media marketing, how it’s used in business
– New apps used by the digital community to win new customers
– Hands on 3D printing experience – did you know you can print shoes?
– What is Virtual Reality and some interactive experiences
– SEO – why should we care?
– Web development training – it’s not all lines of code. Anyone can build amazing products. We will introduce you to HTML, CSS and Javascript.

Employability skills:

– Local employers mentoring session where they will be sharing what digital careers exist and how much they pay followed by interactive Q&A sessions.
– How to build an awesome CV
– How not to mess it up in the first five minutes interview training
– Building an online profile to be attractive to prospective employers
– Working on real life projects across the six weeks to use your learning in real life applications.
– You will document your progress through a diary that will give you a digital footprint to showcase to prospective employers.
– An opportunity to meet employers recruiting now!

Courses will run part time Tuesdays and Thursday from 10am – 1pm

The total study hours are 36 hours classroom based with 24 hours home based projects. Please note you will need a laptop for the course although we do have some pool ones available on a first come first served basis.